Tag: European Mass Migration Crisis
Edinburgh football building momentum on, off field
Edinburgh's new football scoreboard hasn't been put in place yet — largely because it's doubled in size and the posts that supported the previous...
Over 100 men jump fences into Spanish city in North Africa
MADRID — Authorities in Melilla said on Monday that 119 African men have entered the autonomous city from a group of over 200 who...
12 killed as bus carrying migrants overturns in east Turkey
ISTANBUL — A minibus carrying migrants overturned and caught fire in eastern Turkey, killing 12 people and injuring 20 others, the state-run Anadolu news...
Diverse England team wins fans in nation eager for good news
LONDON — Hannah Kumari has been an English soccer fan since childhood, but she never wanted to fly an England flag. Until now.
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Lithuania builds border fence to stem migration from Belarus
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania began Friday to erect a fence along its border with Belarus to deter third country migrants from entering, a week...
Central European leaders worry over Afghan migration ‘wave’
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Central European leaders on Friday voiced concern over what they said was a potential migration rush from Afghanistan as U.S. and...
Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Activists in Hungary erected a 10-meter-high (30-foot-high) rainbow-colored heart opposite the country's neo-Gothic parliament on Thursday, vowing to wage a civil...
Spanish police arrest 2 for migrant tragedy in Atlantic
BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish police said Wednesday that they had arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20...
EU vows to help Lithuania amid flow of migrants from Belarus
VILNIUS, Lithuania — The European Union promised Tuesday to help bloc member Lithuania handle an influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa,...